Q24.0: Dextrocardia
Your heart or parts of your heart have shifted to the right. This condition is congenital, which means you were born with it.
The heart pumps blood through the body. Inside the heart are 4 chambers. There are 2 heart atria and 2 ventricles. Both heart atria and both ventricles are separated from each other by a partition. Normally, the heart is located slightly to the left of center in the chest. The tip of the heart is rounded and points down and to the left.
Your heart is probably slightly to the right of center in the chest. Your heart may also have turned so that its tip is pointing to the right. It may only be the lower chambers (ventricles) of the heart that have shifted to the right.
People sometimes have no problems when they have this condition. You may also have other congenital changes to the heart. This causes a failure to grow as normal during childhood. You may also experience shortness of breath, for example.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
Source
Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).